A San Francisco police officer shot and critically injured a man who fled to avoid a panhandling citation, then pulled out a knife and lunged at one of three officers pursuing him Sunday, a Police Department spokesman said.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was struck by at least one bullet during the confrontation at the northeast corner of Polk and Greenwich streets, police Sgt. Steve Mannina said.
The man was taken by ambulance to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was being treated for life-threatening injuries, Mannina said.
The shooting occurred about 3:20 p.m., after someone complained to police about a panhandler on the median strip of Van Ness Avenue at Greenwich.
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